Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
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Glycerol-preserved skin allograft (GPA) plays a vital role, especially in the management of burns injury. Where it is utilized as temporary wound closure, the considerably cost-effective, simpler handling and storage of GPA makes it preferable in almost all clinical indications. The GPA was first introduced to the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2001. The supply was imported from Euro Skin Bank, Beverwijk, The Netherlands. In the year 2013, our center had started maintaining an in-house glycerolized skin bank. ⋯ The selective and strategic use of the GPA in major burn patients assure effective advantages in the treatment of burns. The clinical significance of skin allograft usage is very high. The cost-effectiveness of maintaining an in-house skin bank made it possible for various centers for skin allograft usage.
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Few studies have described how the injury affects the nail soft tissue under the nail plate. Nail matrix scar is poorly known. ⋯ The scar formation of nail matrix was a fundamental reason to nail deficiency of rat or human, providing a research basis for further mechanism or treatment study of nail defect diseases.